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Do we call?
WYoung83:
When-ever i seem to play one of the regular tournys at DTD recently, people seem to be opening for as high as 5x, Granted these are the smaller buy in donk fests, and full of really weird plays.
But i have been waching jason Mercier and Jovial Gent play recently online during the wcoop in the NL evnts. These are the 2 best online tourny playes in the world IMO. And every single time that they open, its for a min raise, even when there is antes to factor in also. (as long as they have chips behind to play post flop).
I think its because they are so comfortable at playing after the flop, they dont mind beign oop to a falt caller behind, and they dont mind the BB defending. Also when they get 3 bet, the pot is actually a little smaller because of the tiny opening raise.
WYoung83:
Regarding your call, David. It was not a call i would of made, the villain got creative and was trying to rep a flush or straight, and it looked like he had it tbh. If i were him, i would be mad at myself for trying to rep against a station. ;)
Fatcatstu:
pretty much what everyone else said dad.
not sure i can make the call on the river, but as mentioned would need more info on said villain.
as george said, you DID get lucky...
noble1:
--- Quote from: david3103 on October 07, 2010, 13:44:48 PM ---
This is a $5 30 man on bf - not my normal game but I thought I"d have a whirl at a few.
No real reads on villain
I"m always interested in the concept of PF raises in tournaments and I guess that the consensus these days is 2.4/2.5x?
I"ll adjust
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Until you are comfortable playing post flop then 2.5x rather than 2x , stick with your gut , if something doesn"t add up or that little voice in your head screams ""bullsh#t"" he is bluffing then go with your gut imho...
As long as you recognise when your inner voice is wrong more often than right then you can go about ways of rectifying it... Keep as focused as you can and try to follow bet patterns, how do villains play big hands and likewise pay as much attention to non showdown hands and try to fill in the blanks, its tough at first but slowly everything comes together and that little voice in the head is right more times than wrong...
pokerpops:
--- Quote from: George2Loose on October 07, 2010, 15:12:44 PM ---
Before you pat yourself on the back too much think villian is unlucky you hit a jack. If the board pairs would u make the call with Ace high?
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george, I know what you mean, but I really wasn"t congratulating myself - I think these calls are a leak for me.
Not sure how unlucky the villain is though. He was only winning if he hit a K or a 10 or bet me off it. How would the debate on this hand have gone if it had been posted from his PoV?
Would I call on a paired board with A high? Probably not, but me being lucky with the river card isn"t necessarily the same as him being unlucky it was a J imo
Two things gained here - the reminder about bet-sizing PF and another about hero calls
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